Combined golf bag and seat



Feb. 28. 1956 H. o. STAMP COMBINED GOLF BAG AND SEAT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 24, 1953 INVENTOR. Hueo O. STAMP A-r-roanav Feb. 28. 1956 H. o. STAMP COMBINED GOLF BAG AND SEAT INVENTOR. Hueo O. STAMP BY 2 Sheets-Sheet AT'ro RNELY Filed June 24, 1953 United States Patent COMBINED GOLF BAG AND SEAT Hugo 0. Stamp, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 24, 1953, Serial No. 363,815

19 Claims. (Cl. 1501.5)

This invention relates to a combination golf club bag or holder and seat. The present device affords all the advantages of a lightweight golf bag plus serving as a seat and additionally offers a number of other advantages which will be pointed out more fully hereinafter.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a combined golf club bag and seat.

Another object is to provide a device of the type described in which the seat portion may be removed for separate use as a spectator seat at sporting events and the like. i

Another object is to provide a combined golf bag or club holder and seat in which two pivotally connected legs support the seat and carrying strap and may be maintained separted by friction to allow one of the legs to be used as a handle in picking up the bag from the ground, thus eliminating the need to bend over to pick up the bag. In this connection one side of the bag is made fiat so the bag will lie on the ground with said one leg projecting upwardly.

Still another object is to provide for increasing friction l- CC Fig. 8 is a view from the right of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-9 in Fig. 7 showing the connection of the bag to the leg; and

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary, exploded, perspective view of the pivot connection.

Considering the drawings in detail, the golf bag or golf club holder itself has a lightweight canvas body 10 with reinforced top 12 and bottom 14. The top and bottom both take the form of an isoceles trapezoid. (see Fig. which provides a long base or flat portion which, when the bag is placed on the ground, resists tipping of the bag for purposes pointed out hereinafter. Lightweight canvas body has the usual ball and tee zipper-closed pocket 16 stitched thereto. Simple leather straps 18, 20 may be provided across the top opening to separate the various clubs carried in the bag.

The back of the bag may be releasably mounted on hardwood stick or leg 22 by means of a through bolt at the top and at the bottom of the bag, as, for example, bolt 23 shown in Fig. 9. It will be appreciated that in lieu of the through bolts heavy duty snap clasps or any other suitable device may be used. By mounting the bag directly on hardwood leg 22 the need for any lengthwise reinforcement in the golf bag is eliminated with consequent weight savings. Plate 24 is mounted by rivet 25 on the lower end of leg 22 and includes outwardly turned between the legs in a device of the type described as the legs are separated to hold the legs apart when used as a seat or when used as a handle. The friction decreases as the legs approach each other to insure the legs assuming the proper position for carrying when the strap is placed on the shoulder of the user.

A further object is to provide in a device as described a pivot connection in which the friction between the legs can be adjusted and locked in the adjusted position.

Still another object is to provide a combined golf bag and seat in which the strap interconnecting the supporting legs is slidably mounted on the leg adjacent the bag to automatically assume the correct position for proper carrying balance or proper seating height.

Another object is to provide a combined golf bag and seat in which pivotally connected legs serve to releasably support the bag and a strap which serves as a carrying strap or a seat. Both of the legs are outside the bag, thus allowing use of the legs and strap as an independent seat after the bag is first removed as a unit.

Other objects and advantages will be pointed out in, or be apparent from, the specification and claims, as will obvious modifications of the single embodiment shown in the drawings, in which: 1

Fig. l is a side elevation of the device in carrying position;

Fig. 2 shows the bag secured for compact storage;

Fig. 3 shows the device used as a seat;

Fig. 4 shows the manner in which the bag may be placed on the ground with one leg projecting upwardly to act as a handle;

Fig. 5 is a top view of the bag showing the flattened side to resist tipping on the ground;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of one side of the leg pivot and pivot plates (as viewed from the left in Fig. 7);

Fig. 7 is a cross section of the pivot connection taken on line 7-7 in Fig. 8;

flange 26 which is adapted to rest on the ground and avoid absorption of moisture in the end of the grain of hardwood leg 22 and to also dig into the ground to prevent slipping when the device is used as a seat.

A similar plate 28 is mounted by rivet 29 at the lower endof leg 30 and is also provided with an outwardly turned flange 32.

Legs 22 and 30 and plates 24 and 28 are pivotally interconnected by means of through bolt 34. This bolt passes through cooperating holes in the legs and plates to engage square-head nut36. Nut 36 is shown provided stability and balance when in carrying position.

with an eccentric threaded hole to receive bolt 34 to allow the bottom flat side of the nut to rest on the top of flange 32 and prevent rotation of the nut as the bolt is drawn up. This construction could be avoided, if desired, by using an oversize nut so that the holes for the bolt could still be located so as to permit the head of bolt 34 to be turned. After bolt 34 has been drawn up tight enough to secure the desired friction between plates 24, 28, lock plate 38 is positioned so that the aperture in the plate receives the head of bolt 34 whereupon screw 40 is turned into the hardwood leg to fix the lock plate and thus prevent rotation of bolt 34. The construction is so arranged that, as the legs are moved apart, the bolt is drawn into nut 36 to thus increase the frictionanl engagement between plates 24, 28. Therefore, when the legs are spread apart they will remain spread even if the bag is laid upon the ground as shown in Fig. 4. This permits the leg to be used as a handle in lifting the bag rather than bending over to pick up the bag. The added frictional engagement as the legs are spread is also of advantage to hold the legs spread until the user can sit down upon strap 42 rather than having the legs flop together inconveniently. It will be appreciated as the legs are moved towards each other the friction between plates 24 and 28 decreases. This allows the legs to assume the natural position for carrying.

Strap 42 is connected to the upper end of both of the legs. Leg 22 is provided with an elongated U-shaped bracket 44 upon which strap eyelet 46 slides while the upper end of leg 30 is merely provided with small U-shaped bracket 48 to which eyelet 50 is connected. It is to be noted that leg 22 and bracket 4-4 extend Well above the top of the bag. This permits strap 42 to slide to the uppermost position (shown in Fig. l) to gain On the other hand the bracket extends below the top of the bag to allow the strap to drop down to the lowermost limit (shown in Fig. 3) to obtain the proper seating height of the strap. Without this sliding connection-the bag would either be unsuitable for carrying or unsuitable for sitting. It will be noted that eyelets ed and 50 are of the swivel variety which is advantageous when strap 42 is made of heavy material which would not readily fall through from the carrying to the seating position but more or less rotates when moving from the carrying position to the sitting position. However, the expense of the swivel eyelet can be avoided by the use of a lightweight canvas strap which is flexible enough to fall through without requiring a pivotal action about the eyelet.

The hardwood leg 22 may be conveniently provided with a pair of spaced buckle straps 52, 54 used for securing sweaters, jackets, umbrellas or the like to the leg. The upperstrap 52 may also be used to secure leg 30 in a storing position as shown in Fig. 2. When putting the .bag into the trunk of a car and the like it is generally most convenient to secure leg 30 since it facilitates handling the device and makes the placement of the bag into the trunk and removal of the bag from the trunk easier than would be the case if leg 30 were free.

It will be noted that when the device is used for sitting purposes (Fig. 3) the bottom plates 24, 28 are angularly disposed with respect to each other and flanges 26 and 32 dig into the ground to insure against the device slipping. It takes but little experience for one to become accustomed to sitting on the strap and thereafter the seat is most restful and relaxing during the course of a golf game. As mentioned above, the bag itself may be removed from the legs to permit the legs to be employed separately as a spectator seat when watching golf tournaments or other sporting events. The extreme light weight of the legs themselves makes such use highly convenient. Since leg 22 also serves as a longitudinal stiflener for the bag, the bag itself can be made of very lightweight material so that the entire unit can be made to weigh less than three pounds.

If, through wear, the frictional engagement between plates 24 and 28 becomes insufficient to carry out the functions mentioned above, it is a simple matter for the user to remove lock plate 38,.tighten bolt .34, and replace the lock plate when the desired friction has been obtained. This friction is highly convenient particularly when the bag is laid on the ground as shown in Fig. 4 where the isoceles trapezoidal shape of the bag stabilizes the bag on the ground to resist tipping while the leg 30 projects upwardly to serve as a handle to permit picking up the bag without bending over. It is finally to be noted that the bag is supported well off the ground so that the bag will not interfere with the use of the device as a seat and so that the bag can be kept ott wet ground and the like.

Although but one embodiment of the present invention has been illustrated and described it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A golf bag and seat comprising, two pivotally interconnected rigid supports, a golf club holder mounted on one of the supports, a strap having one end connected to said one support adjacent the upper end of the support by means of a sliding connection, the other end of the strap being connected to the upper end of the otther support, said strap serving as a seat or as a shoulder s rap.

2. A combination golf bag and seat comprising, a golf bag having one side flattened to resist tipping when the flattened side is laid on the ground, a rigid leg connected to the bag on the side opposite the flattened side, a second rigid leg having a pivotal connection to nectin g the legsat the up er ends of the 1egs;'sa'id pivotal connection having suflicientfriction to hold the legs apart approximately to the extent allowed by the strap when the bag is laid on the ground on said flattened side.

3. A device according to claim 2 in which said pivotal connection includes means for increasing the friction in the connection as the legs are moved apart and decreasing the friction as the, legs are moved together.

4. A device according to claim 3 in which said pivotal connection comprises a nut and bolt connection and said means comprises a lock member holding the nut fixed with respect to one of the legs and a lock member holding the bolt fixed with respect to the other of the legs, movement of the legs away from each other acting to draw up the nut on the bolt.

5. A device according to claim 1 in which the bag is releasably connected to said one support toallow the supports to be used as a seat independently of the bag.

6. A combination golf bag and seat comprising, a pair of legs pivotallyintlerconnected for movement in'a plane, a golf bag mounted on one of the legs, a strap connected to both of the legs, the end of the strap connected to said one leg having a sliding connection to the 16g, Said strap serving as a shoulder strap for carrying purposes during which time the one end of the strap is at the upper limit of the sliding connection, said strap also serving as a seat during which time said one end of the strap is at the lower limit of the sliding connection.

7. A device according to claim 6 in which the side of the bag remote from said one leg is flattened in a plane substantially normal to the plane of movement of the legs.

' 8. A deviceaccording to claim 7 in which the pivotal connection frictionally resists movement of the legs with respect to each other.

9. A device according to claim 8 including means for increasing the frictionalresistance of the pivotal connec tion as the legs are moved apart.

.10. A device according to claim 6 in which the bottom of the bag is above the pivotal connection to keep the bag above the ground when the strap is used as a seat.

11. A device according to claim 6 in which the legs are provided with brackets adjacent the pivotal connection, said brackets having flanges which are in alignment when the legs are closed and which become angularly disposed With respect to each other as the legs are moved apart, said flanges being disposedatthe bottoms of the legs to engage the ground when the legs are spread.

12. A device according to claim 6 in which the upper end of said one legprojects above the .top of the bag and said upper limit isabove the top of the bag.

13. A device according to claim 12 in which the sliding connection of the strap tosaid one leg includes an elongated bracket fixed on the leg andan eyelet on the strap slidably engaging the bracket.

14. A device according fto claim 13 in which the lower limit of the sliding connection is approximately the same distance from: the pivot connection as is the point of connection of the strap to the other of the legs.

15. A golf bag and seat comprising, twopivotally connected rigid supports, a golf club holder mounted on one of the supports, a strap having one end connected to said one support adjacent the upper end of the support and the otherend of the strap being connected to the upper end of the other support, said strap serving as a seat or as a shoulder strap.

16. A golf bag and seat according to claim 15 in which said supports are pivotally interconnected for movement generally in a plane and the side of thelbag remote from said one support isflattened in a plane substantially normal to the plane of movement of the supports.

. l7. A }golfr hag and seat according toclaim 15 in which the supports are pivotally interconnected at. the lower end of the supports and the bottom of the golf bag is mounted on said one support above the point of pivotal interconnection of the supports to keep the bottom of the bag above the ground when the pivotally interconnected ends of the supports are resting on the ground.

18. An easily carried seat structure comprising, a pair of legs having a pivotal connection at one end, a strap interconnecting the legs at their other ends, said pivotal connection including means for increasing the frictional resistance to pivotal movement as the legs are moved apart and for decreasing the resistance as the legs are moved together.

19. A device according to claim 18 in which said pivotal connection comprises a nut and bolt connection and includes a lock member holding the nut fixed with respect to one of the legs and a lock member holding the bolt UNITED STATES PATENTS 768,882 Morse Aug. 30, 1904 1,612,741 Newman-Butler Dec. 28, 1926 1,776,418 Dujardin Sept. 23, 1930 1,818,378 Byrne Aug. 11, 1931 2,031,119 Moreland Feb. 18, 1936 2,359,870 Moreland Oct. 10, 1944 OTHER REFERENCES Popular Mechanics, May 1953, page 79. 

